[goldstategop]

A 4% lead is not much to brag about. The Democrats had their convention and it was a dud. The GOP will have theirs and they can move into the lead. If that 4% lead was real, the MSM and the Drivebys would be writing about it, not about Sarah Palin. I don't belive its even 4%! If anything, Obama's strength has been overestimated!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Owen]

Well, the Rasmussen 4% lead isn’t significant for its value. The significance is the trend or change.

There was none.

Now, Palin may have trampled on Obama’s speech uptick, and she may have erased some very strong day a few nights earlier in the sampling (probably the Hillary speech night), but if there was a miracle it would have shown last night.

We will watch the trends and see what is what in days upcoming. I am loathe to declare a 4% Rasmussen lead as “No Bounce” because Rasmussen’s methodology compresses everything.

[Ghengis]

I agree that Obama's strength has been greatly exaggerated. The press singing his praises with a megaphone has not rtanslated to strength in the polls. To come out of that Denver convention with a 4% lead and then taken off of the front page the very next day has to be gnawing at the Obama team's innards right now.

Here we have the press praising "One of the greatest convention speeches ever" to almost Palinpalooza. That's PR genius at work on McCain's team. Palin just needs to maintain this level of public favor. I think she may improve upon it.